가깝다

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Korean

Alternative forms

Etymology

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 갓갑〯다〮 (Yale: kàskǎp-tá), most plausibly from the unattested verbal root *가ᄌᆞᆨ (Yale: *kacok-, probably "to approach") + 아ᇦ〯 (Yale: -ǎW, adjective-deriving suffix). Dialects commonly preserve the original root.

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gakkapda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?ga'kkabda
McCune–Reischauer?kakkapta
Yale Romanization?ka.kkapta

Adjective

가깝다 (gakkapda) (irregular, infinitive 가까워, sequential 가까우니)

  1. to be close, to be near (in distance, time, emotional rapport, kinship, etc.)
    Antonym: 멀다 (meolda)
    가까운 친척gakkaun chincheokclose relatives
    새로 이사한 학교 가깝다.
    Saero isahan jib-eun hakgyo-wa gakkapda.
    The school is close to our new house.

Conjugation

North Korean Standard:

South Korean Standard:

References

  1. ^ 이승재 (Yi Seung-jae) (1983) “재구와 방언분화 [jaeguwa bang'eonbunhwa, Reconstructions and dialectal divergence]”, in Gugeohak, volume 12